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The truck is in a heated fire station and has an on board charger with a self ejecting plug. It has a disconnect master batteery switch with a warning buzzer on it to prevent the batteries being left on. It carries a one thousand gallon water tank with a gasoline powered pump, and is used for...

Thanks for your reply, when the four year old 6TL's give up we'll convert to two group 31's

Thanks for the information, the 4 6TL's are four years old and sitll doing the job, but when they go we will do the conversion .

Southeast Pamlico Volunteer Fire Dept in NC has a M1083 with the 4 6TL batteries which we would like to convert to two batteries. You mentioned using group31 commercial batteries, but what cranking amps are needed for reliable operation?